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Yamaha DX7, lead

Are You Ever Coming Back? · The Human League / Single (1986)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Are You Ever Coming Back? by The Human League (1986)

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Settings

osc
1 FM lead patch, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
4800 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 5 ms D 180 ms S 0.5 R 200 ms; none, DX7 fixed envelope; filter env amount 0
modulation
lfo sine 5 Hz to pitch
effects
chorus, Minneapolis-style gated reverb, none
notes
A bright DX7 lead answers the vocal hook throughout, consistent with the Jam & Lewis productions of the era's reliance on FM synthesis for lead lines.

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  • Seedsystem